Andrej Babiš
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Andrej Babiš MP |
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| Minister of Finance | |
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In office 29 January 2014 – 24 May 2017 |
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| Prime Minister | Bohuslav Sobotka |
| Preceded by | Jan Fischer |
| Succeeded by | Ivan Pilný |
| Leader of ANO 2011 | |
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Assumed office 11 May 2012 |
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| Preceded by | Position established |
| Member of Parliament for Prague | |
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Assumed office 26 October 2013 |
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| Personal details | |
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2 September 1954 Bratislava, Czechoslovakia (now Slovakia) |
| Political party |
Communist Party (1980–1989) ANO 2011 (2012–present) |
| Domestic partner | Monika Babišová |
| Children | 4 |
| Alma mater | University of Economics, Bratislava |
Andrej Babiš (Czech pronunciation: [ˈandrɛj ˈbabɪʃ]; born 2 September 1954) is a Czech politician, entrepreneur and businessman of Slovak origin. From January 2014 to May 2017 Babiš served as Finance Minister of the Czech Republic and Deputy Prime Minister responsible for the economy in Cabinet of Bohuslav Sobotka. Babiš has led ANO 2011 party since 2012 when he founded it as a protest movement against established politics. Babiš, the second richest man in the Czech Republic, is a former CEO and sole owner of the Agrofert group with a net worth of about $2.6 billion according to Forbes magazine. He is considered to be one of the most popular politicians in the Czech Republic.
He was born on 2 September 1954 in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia. His father, a diplomat and member of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia, represented Czechoslovakia during negotiations with the GATT at Geneva and as a consultant at UN. He is nephew of Ervin and Viera Scheibner.
Andrej Babiš spent a part of his childhood abroad. Later, he studied at a gymnasium in Bratislava and continued at the University of Economics, where he studied international trade. Following his studies, he worked as an employee of the Slovak communist controlled international trade company Petrimex in Morocco. In addition to accusations that he was a "powerful agent" for the Czechoslovak secret state security service, StB, during the Communist era, he also has been accused of being a KGB officer in those years.
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